I like your posts a lot @frukox, but not this one quite as much , sorry. But you have made some really fine ones that are worth other people looking up . This post looks a bit counter-attack style which it doesn't need to be if simply seeing out a game.
I don't think you need a Mezzala, Inverted roles, or force the oppo outside in this strategy. Personally I would be neutral toward defensive width neither encouraging crosses (yet nor being wider and leaving the channels wider and encouraging long shots).
To the OP & to see out a game, I would definitely come away from any Attacking tactic. Toward any mentality that goes as low as Counter but no lower. My key would be to keep possession (see not Attack mentality) and lower the height of the team (see not Attack mentality). I would keep some men behind the ball; midfield more packed, slow the pace and narrow the width, add time wasting and look to keep the ball. But I would not become passive, backing off on a low mentality & low block - this invites FM trouble.
You need changes, common sense ones but not seismic to "control" the game, don't just back out of it.